VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 33.240
Malice—Inference From Use of Deadly Weapon
You may, but are not required, to infer malice from the deliberate use of a deadly weapon
unless, from all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt as to whether malice existed.
A deadly weapon is any object or instrument, not part of the human body, that is likely to cause
death or great bodily injury because of the manner and under the circumstances in which it is used.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Criminal, Release 26, October 2025. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- crim-2025-10-01
- Content hash
c4801725fa115faa6a2df3db4e4cc4fde5c11c643b5f8bcca19fb367ff8c9da8
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